Re: Avoiding Booleans & Danny Thorpe


"somebody" <A> wrote in message news:4364d3d0$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> ToLowerCase( const Source = A , out Dest = B );
>
> And you thought Pascal coudn't be more verbose!
>
> Seriously, there's no reason there cannot be a switch in the IDE to turn
on
> "verbose parameter display" so even though you type or edit normally, the
> display updates to show the verbose syntax, which you can toggle on/off.
> Come to think of it, make it a three state option with the third being
> instant update as you type in the parameters. Instead of hint, the
parameter
> types and names would appear on editor and it would be like a template
based
> fill - think telephone numbers, for instance.

Hmmm... I like that. I'd leave it turned on all the time too.

>
> On a related note, a mouseover or hotkey popup to show the implementation
> (not just the declaration) of a function would also be handy to avoid
> jumping back and forth sometimes. And from within that new popup, you can
> jump to the implementation of functions therein... etc.
>

I like that too. <g>


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